Tag-fastener.



E. R. BURGESS.

TAG FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. I0; 1916.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

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m/mvron Edward R. Burgess ATTOHNEKS EDWARD RIPLEY BURGESS, OFBROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

TAG-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 29, 1916.

Application filed January 10, 1916. Serial No. 71,226.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD R. Bnnsnss, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Brookfield, in the county of Worcester and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Tag-Fastener, of whichthe following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a fastener more particularly intended for use infastening a tag to the cord or Wrapping material of packages ofmerchandise, although the device is capable of use in other situations.

A purpose of the invention is to provide a fastener of simple form andwhich may be produced cheaply, having at the opposite ends thereofmembers adapted to be quickly and securely engaged in the fastenedposition.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific descriptionfollowing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification in which similar reference characters indicatecorresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved fastener employed insecuring a tag to the tie cord of a package; and Fig.

2 is a plan view of the fastener.

In forming the fastener embodying my invention, a piece of resilientwire or equivalent material is employed, and made to form an elongatedbody member 10 ranging along one side of the fastener. At each end thematerial is return bent substantially parallel with the body member 10and spaced therefrom, the returned members, designated by the numeralsl1 and 12, constituting shanks of separate hook members. The terminalsof the shanks are again return bent at the inside of the shanks toproduce the bills 13, 14 of the respective hooks.

The bills, 13, 14, of the hooks lie in close juxtaposition to the bodymember 10 and are spaced from the shanks 11, 12. Also, preferably, theshanks, 11, 12, are of unequal length, this being particularlyadvantageous in securing a tag C to the tie cord B or the wrapper of apackage, since the smaller hook, 12, 14 will suffice for the securing ofthe tag while the longer hook, 11, 13, may be engaged with facility withthe cord B or other article to which the fastener is secured.

The described formation results, as will be seen, in reversely disposedhooks lying at the same side of the body member 10 and all in a commonplane. Either hook member, it will be clear, constitutes a handle forthe manipulation of the opposite hook me1nber, each hook presenting asubstantial total effective width for the convenient grasping andmanipulation of the device.

The oppositely disposed hooks are separated, the intervening space 15serving for the entrance of the articles to be passed beneath the hooksand after entrance of the articles, for instance, the cord B and tag 0,beneath the respective hooks, the spaces, 16, 17, between the bills ofthe hooks and the shanks thereof will prevent the accidentaldisconnection of the fastener since the cord 13 or the tag C will beguided past the end of a bill, 13, 14, into the space 16 or 17, and bethus prevented from gaining entrance between the bill of the hook andthe body member 10.

When using the device when fastening the tag to burlap, the end oppositethe tag is passed through the burlap and upon partially withdrawing thedevice, burlap will enter between the body member 10 and the returnterminal 13, the same as the cord and thus securely hold the device tothe burlap.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

As a new article of manufacture, a tag fastener formed from a piece ofresilient material bent upon itself at different dis tances from itsends to form inwardly extending hook members of unequal length andterminating short of and at different distanoes from the center of thebody of the material, said members lying on the same side of the saidbody. parallel therewith and spaced therefrom, the terminals of the saidhook members being bent back upon themselves into engagement with thebody, whereby elongated hooks of different lengths and spaced from eachother will be formed to permit either hook to serve as a handle for themanipulation of the other hook.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD RIPLEY BURGESS.

Witnesses:

HENRY R. CURRY, Enron H. CLARK.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Gommissioner of Patents, Washington, 10. G.

